Chris Kapostasy does an interview with the Times Union in 1998 before going to MSNBC network. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union archive)

Chris Kapostasy does an interview with the Times Union in 1998 before going to MSNBC network. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union archive)

Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN

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Co-anchors Ed Dague and Chris Kapostasy are shown at a farewell reception for Kapostasy in 1998 in Colonie. (Times Union archive)

Co-anchors Ed Dague and Chris Kapostasy are shown at a farewell reception for Kapostasy in 1998 in Colonie. (Times Union archive)

Photo: TOM LAPOINT

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Chris Kapostasy cracks eggs for an espresso frosting she was making to top a chocolate cake at her Wynantskill home in 1998. Kapostasy was known for baking treats for her colleagues. (Times Union archive)

Chris Kapostasy cracks eggs for an espresso frosting she was making to top a chocolate cake at her Wynantskill home in 1998. Kapostasy was known for baking treats for her colleagues. (Times Union archive)

Photo: JONATHAN FICKIES

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Chris Kapostasy reads farewell cards from colleagues at her desk in the WNYT newsroom on her last day with the station Friday, June 12, 1998. (Times Union archive)

Chris Kapostasy reads farewell cards from colleagues at her desk in the WNYT newsroom on her last day with the station Friday, June 12, 1998. (Times Union archive)

Photo: JONATHAN FICKIES

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Chris Kapostasy is seen in the WNYT studio on her last day with the station Friday, June 12, 1998. After 17 years, Kapostasy left for a job with NBC. (Times Union archive)

Chris Kapostasy is seen in the WNYT studio on her last day with the station Friday, June 12, 1998. After 17 years, Kapostasy left for a job with NBC. (Times Union archive)

Jansing was known as Chris Kapostasy when she worked as a reporter and anchor at WNYT NewsChannel 13 in the Capital Region.

She has been with NBC since joining as an MSNBC anchor in 1998. For the last several years she has split her time between anchoring a morning show on MSNBC, and reporting for "NBC Nightly News," covering domestic news, foreign Olympics, and, most recently, the elevation to Sainthood of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, Variety reported.

From the White House, Jansing will report primarily for "Nightly News," providing day-to-day coverage of the Obama administration and White House politics.